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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
Two Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Endurance after Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, the ship crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea during his 1914–1915 Antarctic expedition. The ships' motto, Fortitudine Vincimus, was Shackleton's family motto.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' – 'spight' – in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMSManchester after the city of Manchester in the north-west of England.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Edinburgh, for the Scottish city of Edinburgh. In addition, one ship of the Royal Navy has carried the similar name HMS Duke of Edinburgh.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rodney, of which at least the last five were named after the Georgian Admiral George, Lord Rodney. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Glatton.
Six Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Southampton. All were named after Southampton, a port on the south coast of England.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Queen. It is one of the oldest ship names of the Royal Navy dating from the time of Henry III of England.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Glowworm after the insect, whilst two more were planned:
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arab:
Two ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Saxifrage after the genus of holarctic perennial plants:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Gorgon, after the Gorgon of Greek mythology:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Alliance:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Venturer, with an eighth announced:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Sunfish:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Octavia:
References
- ↑ Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index - Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 172.
